84 North Park student-athletes named to 2023 CCIW Dave Wrath Fall Academic All-Conference Team

Aug 25, 2024

84 North Park student-athletes named to 2023 CCIW Dave Wrath Fall Academic All-Conference Team

The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin named its 2023 Fall Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference picks on Friday morning. North Park accounted for 84 student-athletes on the list, led by Jack Swartz awardees in women’s volleyball - senior setter and men’s soccer - junior midfielder Christina Gatta and William de Carro respectively.

The Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference lists only the candidates who acquired an overall GPA of 3.3 or more and who also have served at least one academic year in their respective schools.

The Dave Wrath Academic All Conference award is named after the former Augustana College athletics director. Retired in June of 2021 as the Associate Athletic Director for Media and Alumni Relations having served the Vikings for forty years. Besides his Augustana positions, Wrath was the CCIW Sports Information Director from 1996 to 2005, and helped start the Academic All-Conference program in 2005.

Besides, the CCIW listed all the Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference award winners. Each CCIW member university names two sport participants (one-men’s athletic representative and the other one – women’s athlete) from each of the three sports seasons (winter, fall, spring) to be the members of Jack Swartz Academic All Conference. For one to be eligible, he/she should be having a grade point average of 3.50 and above and should have been in residence for at least one year in the particular institution.

The Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference award takes its name from the former Director of the Athletic Program at Wheaton College and the CCIW Commissioner. Swartz served as Athletic Director from 1975-1982 and CCIW Commissioner from 1987 until his passing on July 11, 1997.

A complete list of North Park's academic all-conference awardees are listed below:

Men's Cross Country